Day 359 Christmas Day

Sunday 25 December


After breakfast and making preparations for todays big cooking effort Dad and I first went to visit Mum.  We found her in the ward dining room being helped to open presents from the ward staff.  They'd raised money through a raffle and all the residents were given a goodly selection of mainly toiletries and chocolates. I was glad I'd taken only half the presents from home as she doesn't have the attention span to cope with much.  She was very happy there, enjoyed pulling the cracker I bought and we left her smiling and wearing her paper hat.


We picked up Enid on our way home where we skyped Vicky & Gaz after opening their presents. Huw and co arrived just after 2.00. The original plan was to eat lunch then but my oven had decided to go on strike and everything took longer than expected to cook.  We had fun opening all our presents and didn't eat until about 4.00.  Despite the delay the food was excellent and everyone seemed to enjoy it.  After clearing all away I finally felt I could relax!  The evening was spent chatting and playing Kinect games. Huw took Enid and the rest of the family home, leaving Dad to spend another night with us.  


I didn't take many photos and they were all pretty rubbishy so here's one taken over dinner